Drinking-fount.



G. A. & 0 c. WALTER.

DRINKING FOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY4, 1911.

Patented 1560.5, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0. WASHiNGTDN. DV :1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. WALTER AND CARL C. WALTER, 0F FREDERICKTOWN, OHIO.

DRINKING-FOUNT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE A. WALTER and CARL C. WVALTER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Fredericktown, in the county of Knox andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrinking-Founts; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to animal husbandry, and more especially todrinking founts for poultry and the like; and the object of the same isto produce a device of this character which will keep the water cool andclean in warm weather and which, while possibly permitting freezing invery cold weather, is still of such construct-ion that ice may beremoved therefrom without injury to the fount. This object we accomplishby the construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and asshown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of thisimproved fount complete. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional viewthereof with the parts assembled, showing the water level in dottedlines. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of one end of the bail.

This fount is by preference made entirely of galvanized iron, exceptingthe bail, and of such proportions and sizes as may be desired forvarious consumers. It comprises in effect, a base member, a reservoirmember, and a handle. The base member is by preference circular inshape, consisting of a ring or band 5 of the proper height and diameter,a bottom 6 across the same about midway between its two edges, andinclosed walls 7 converging from each edge of the ring which they joinin beads 8 to the periphery of the bottom 6 which is smaller than theinternal circumference of said band 5. It will be seen from Fig. 2 thatthe two walls 7 are of like construction and each forms a frusto-conicalmember whose large end is united at the bead 8 with the band 5, andwhose small end is united with the edge of the bottom 6, thus leaving adead air space 10 surrounding the band on its inter1or.

The reservoir member consists of a tank 11 having a'closed upper end 12and an open lower end 13, and a casing 21 having a closed upper end 22and an annular lower Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 4, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Serial No. 624,909.

end 23 whose inner edge 24 closely surrounds the body of the tank 11, towhich it is secured in a suitable manner. The length of these twomembers is about the same whereby the lower end of the tank projects alittle below the end of the casing and there is a space above andbetween their upper ends, which space communicates with that around theexterior of the tank and forms a dead air chamber 25. The reservoir asthus made is of somewhat less external circumference than the size ofthe bottom 6 around its periphery, and of about the proportionate heightwith respect to the base member as seen in the drawings so that thelower end of the casing 23 will stand beneath the bead 8 when the lowerend 13 of the tank rests upon the bottom 6. Where said tank projectsbeneath the lower end 23 of the casing it is provided with one or morefine holes or outlets 25 as shown.

In use the base member rests upon the ground or floor so that there is adead air space beneath its bottom, and of course the air trapped withinthe dead air space 10 cannot escape. The reservoir member is removed andinverted from the position shown in Fig. 2, and its tank 11 filled withwater. Then it is quickly placed within the base member so that theparts assume the position shown in the drawings, although if desired thebase member could be laid over the then upper end 13 of the reservoirmember, and both turned over and placed upon the floor in the positionshown. Immediately the water within the tank settles and runs out theoutlets 25 until it rises within the cupshaped upper half of the base toa line above said outlets, when the water level therein chokes thefurther outlet of water from the tank and the fowls and other animalsare able to reach into the base around the casing and drink at leisure.

It will be observed that the water within the tank is surrounded by adead air space on all sides and over its top, which keeps the water coolin summer. Also the water standing within the base is surrounded on allsides and beneath its bottom by a dead air space, which has the sameeffect. Therefore only the water exposed in the cup shaped upper half ofthebase member is really subjected to the direct rays of the sun,

and the entire device is useful in hot or i space 10 and has dead airtrapped beneath the bottom 6, and therefore freezing is retarded; butwhen the water within the upper half of the base member does freeze,

bursting is prevented both by the flare of the sides 7 and the presenceof the space 10 outside of them. However, if it should freeze therein,this member is simply inverted and if the block of ice does not drop outwater is poured in the then upper half and it will be found that itspresence there thaws the block of ice where it has adhered to the metaland it drops out without injury to this member. Furthermore theprovision of an air-jacket almost entirely surrounding the water in bothmembers in this drinking trough renders it less susceptible to changesor extremes of weather than otherwise.

As above suggested, the exact shape and size of parts is immaterial.

In Fig. 3 is best shown in detail the handle member of this improvedfount', which comprises a bail 30 of suflicient length to pass over thereservoir member and having a handle 31 at its top, and at the lower endof each arm a fork 32 whose arms diverge slightly and have at theirextremities inturned hooks 33 adapted to be sprung under the bead 8 ofthe base member as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the entire fount or the basealone can be carried from place to place, or the bail can be removedwhen the reservoir is to be taken ofi as above de scribed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A drinking fount comprising a base of said bottom; and a reservoirmember consisting of an upright tank having a closed upper end and anopen lower end smaller than said bottom and pierced with outlets nearits open end, and an air-jacket surrounding this tank.

2. The herein described drinking fount comprising a base consisting ofan upright surrounding band, a bottom across its interior and of lesssize than the internal circumference of said band, and two frustoconicalwalls beaded at their larger edges to the edges of band and theirsmaller edges to the edges of said bottom; and a reservoir memberconsisting of a tank closed at its upper end and open at its lower endand its walls pierced with outlets near said open end, and a casingsurrounding and concentric with said tank and having a closed upper endand a lower end closed around the wall of the tank at a point near itsbottom so as to form a dead air space between them.

3. A drinking fount comprising an upright hand, two frusto-conical wallsconnected at their larger ends with the edges of the band and at theirsmaller ends with each other so as to leave a dead air space between theband and walls, and a bottom connected at its edges with the point ofjuncture of said walls with each other, the whole for the purpose setforth.

4. A drinking fount comprising an upright metal band, two frusto-conicalmetal walls whose larger ends are beaded to the edges of said band andwhose smaller ends are connected with each other, and a metal bottomconnected at its edges with the point of juncture of said walls witheach other, the whole for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. WALTER. CARL C. WVALTER. WVitnesses LEANDER CAYwooD, FRANK C.VVAGNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

